{"id":1535788,"date":"2022-07-01T17:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T21:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535788"},"modified":"2022-07-01T17:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T21:34:54","slug":"airlines-cancel-delay-hundreds-of-flights-ahead-of-fourth-of-july-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/airlines-cancel-delay-hundreds-of-flights-ahead-of-fourth-of-july-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Cancel, Delay Hundreds of Flights Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fairlines-cancel-delay-hundreds-of-flights-ahead-of-fourth-of-july-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Airlines have already canceled and delayed well over 1,000 flights as of Friday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,200 U.S. flights have been delayed and another 349 have been canceled as of Friday at 3 p.m. ET, according to tracking website FlightAware\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/flightaware.com\/live\/cancelled\/\">update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cancelations come at a time when tens of millions of Americans are expected to travel over the weekend via plane, road, and rail. Auto club AAA <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2021\/06\/aaa-more-than-47m-americans-to-celebrate-with-an-independence-day-getaway\/\">predicted<\/a> that about 48 million people will travel between Friday and Monday, July 4. Some 3.55 million are expected to fly.<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened about 2.4 million travelers at airport security checkpoints on Thursday, TSA Administrator David Pekoske told NBC News on Friday morning. That\u2019s about 17 percent more than the same time in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/july-4th-travel-live-updates-1721013\">added<\/a> that TSA officials believe Friday and Sunday \u201cwill be very busy\u201d at airports.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/secretary-pete-buttigieg-addresses-chaos-in-travel-industry-143032901654\">warned<\/a> that Americans could face problems while traveling over the July 4 weekend due to weather problems and labor shortages. He noted that more than 20,000 flights have been canceled since Memorial Day in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of cancellations and the majority of delays have nothing to do with air traffic control staffing but when there is an issue, we\u2019re working that issue,\u201d Buttigieg said.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of flights were canceled across the United States during Memorial Day weekend, and in mid-June, more than 1,500 flights were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/business\/articles\/2022-06-16\/flight-cancellations-create-a-bad-travel-day-across-the-us\">canceled<\/a> on a Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks ago, major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-airlines\">airlines<\/a> warned that an increasing number of flights will be canceled this summer even though airlines received\u00a0 $54 billion in federal assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic to deal with the layoffs of employees, including pilots.<\/p>\n<p>A group of airline pilots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/aviation-associations-highlight-concerns-of-covid-19-vaccine-injuries-among-pilots-and-cabin-crew_4474835.html\">issued<\/a> a statement in May that mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations may have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airlines have already canceled and delayed well over 1,000 flights as of Friday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. More than 3,200 U.S. flights have been delayed and another 349 have been canceled as of Friday at 3 p.m. ET, according to tracking website FlightAware\u2019s latest update. 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